soil was plowed early in May, and subsoiled, thoroughly Food ' or 

 breaking the soil to a depth of 10 inches. Thirty bushels Plants 

 of slaked lime were broadcasted per acre IIX 



immediately after plowing, followed by a Extraordinary 

 dressing of 20 tons of stable manure, all Returns on 

 well worked into the soil. Plants were set Celery. 

 May loth. The tract was portioned into three tracts for 

 experimental purposes; plot I received 675 pounds of Ni- 

 trate of Soda per acre in six applications, May i6th, 22nd, 

 June ist, loth, lyth and 24th. Plot 2 received 475 pounds 

 in five applications, May i6th, 22nd, June ist, I7th and 

 24th. Plot 3 was not treated with Nitrate of Soda. 



Plot i was ready for market July 6th, and was all off 

 by the loth. Plot 2 was ready for market July nth and was 

 all harvested by the I4th. Plot 3 was practically a failure 

 and was not harvested. Plot i, being first in the market, 

 had the advantage of the best prices; the gross receipts were, 

 per acre, $957.80; from which must be deducted $18.67 f r 

 Nitrate of Soda and the application of same a net result of 

 $939.13 per acre. Plot 2 gave a gross return of $676.30, 

 from which $13.72 must be deducted for fertilizer, leaving 

 $662.58 per acre net. Plot i makes therefore a gain of 

 $276.55 over plot 2, simply from the earliness in maturing, 

 due to the heavy applications of Nitrate, for the total crop 

 was approximately the same for both plots. 



Cucumbers. 



Plants were set in box frames May 4th. The frames 

 were well filled with rotted manure, and were banked as a 

 protection against late frosts. A portion of the field was 

 treated with Nitrate of Soda; on May loth each plant was 

 given a quart of a solution made by dissolving three pounds 

 of Nitrate of Soda in 50 gallons of water. Applications in 

 quantity the same were made on the experimental plot May 

 1 6th, 22nd, 29th, June 3rd, 9th, I5th, 22nd and 26th; 

 making a total of 165 pounds of Nitrate of Soda per acre. 

 On June 27th the experimental plot was setting fruit rapidly, 

 while the plot not Nitrated was just coming to bloom. The 

 Nitrated plot was given on June 29th a quart of a solution 

 made by dissolving two ounces of Nitrate of Soda in a gallon 

 of water; and this application was repeated July 3rd, 7th, 



